Improved clothes-pin



E. A. GONE. CLOTHES PIN.

No. 36,394. Patented Sent. 9. 1862.

clothes-line.

about three and a half inches in out for the line,

UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

E. A. GONE, OF MILFORD, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,394, dated September9, 1862.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. A. CONE, of Milford, in the county of Oakland andState of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements inClothes-Pins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andcomplete description of the construction and operation of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which-- Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is anend view. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a form slightly difi'eringfromthat shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4is a longitudinal section of Fig. 3.

, Like letters refer to like parts. i

The nature of my invention relates to the construction of a clothes-pincomposed of two pieces of wood of proper form and length and securedtogether by two pieces of wire in the middle, which also form thesprings, allowing both ends to open'sufliciently to pass over the Bymeans of this mode of construction one end of the pin can be made closerthan the other, and thus be used for diflerentsized lines.

A A in the several figures representthe body of the pin. These piecesare made of wood and are about half an inch wide, onequarter orthree-eighths of an inch thick, and length. At B on the inner faces thepieces are hollowed and the ends 0 are rounded OK on their inner angles,so that the pin can he slipped easily over the line.

D D represent brass wires that pass through the middle of the pieces Aand serve the double purpose of holding them together, and at thesametime forming a spring to allow the respective ends to separatesu'fiiciently to pass over the line. The space between the two pieces isabout one-quarter of an inch.

In Fig. 1 the pieces A are represented as being straight on all sidesexcept at B and G. In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a knuckle, E, at themiddle rising about one-eighth of an inch from the surface of each pieceand resting upon each other, thus preventing the body of the pieces fromcoming in contact, except at E.

In the longitudinal line of the wires D D the knuckle is cutsaway, asseen in Fig. 4, to allow the springing action of the wires.

What I'claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

Making clothes-pins of two pieces of wood of the form herein specifiedand two pieces of wire which serve the double purpose of holding thepieces A A together' at a proper distance and as springs to allow thetwo ends to open and close, as described, the pin when finished havingboth ends fitted for the line in the manner specified.

E. A. CON E.

Witnesses:

A. R. BARRETT, D. WEBSTER WELLs.

